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Microsoft to fix Xbox 360s, take $1B-plus charge

Company will cover costs of repairing or replacing faulty consoles, as well as reimburse customers who already paid for repairs

Mpack installs ultrainvisible Trojan

Sophisticated piece of malware hides operates from within Windows kernel, thus avoiding detection by all but the most advanced security tools

GAO: Data breaches don’t often result in ID theft

Government report also cautions against adoption of notification laws that increase business costs without providing significant benefits to consumers

Talking Trojan says ‘bye bye’ to victims’ data

Despite mocking note, BotVoice.A's "brainless vandalism" can be spread only through p-to-p networks or storage devices

Microsoft Vancouver responds to immigration woes

The company will open an office in Vancouver in order to retain foreign workers without being subject to H-1B restrictions

VMware Fusion reaches RC1

The latest version of the software that lets Mac owners run Windows apps is 'feature complete,' and the full release is on schedule for an August release

Microsoft to release six security updates next week

The updates will include three 'critical' patches for Windows and Excel

Mozilla security guru backs industry confab

Mozilla's Window Snyder says it may be helpful for the open-source community to gather at an industry-focused security conference

Alfresco rolls Web 2.0 features into CMS upgrade

The company's open-source CMS software now mimics Web functionality, assigns URLs to some objects, and includes a new search feature that includes Web content

Dell gets filing extension from Nasdaq

Dell now has until July 16 to file its past three quarterly earnings reports

Smartening the nation’s grid

eBay launches Kijiji classifieds in U.S.

eBay could plug PayPal and Skype telephony into Kijiji to create a supercharged classified site

Court holds Belgian ISP responsible for file-sharing

Legal precedent could affect other ISPs in Europe

Denmark to test Open XML, ODF next year

IDC: China will be top destination for off-shoring

By 2011 Chinese cities will unseat those in India and the Philippines as favored offshore delivery centers, says market research firm

Euro consumer group questions Google-Doubleclick deal

Group complains that proposed acquisition could hurt privacy rights due to the massive amount of data the companies would hold

LG sues world’s largest laptop maker

LG alleges that Quanta infringed on four of its patents related to DVD technology

Hacker: Unlocked iPhones coming within the week

Hackers have succeeded in cracking the iPhone's activation process

iPhone SIM works in any non-iPhone handset for calls, but not for data

Google argues for right to comment on Microsoft case

The unofficial Apple TV SDK is a model for white hat iPhone hackers

Google asks for right to comment on Microsoft case

Google has again petitioned a District Court for the right to file comments on the Microsoft antitrust case as an 'interested party'

Networking execs sentenced for accounting fraud

The four former Enterasys executives had been convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges in 2006

After attacks, US government sending team to Estonia

Nearly two months after Estonia was hit with widespread DDOS attacks, the U.S. is dispatching investigators to research the incident

Apple’s iPhone profit margin greater than 50 percent

Tear-down analysis by iSuppli finds that $333 out of the $599 price for the 8GB iPhone is profit for Apple, a margin of nearly 56 percent

SAP admission prompts mixed reaction

Industry analysts come down tough on business software giant, but customers withhold judgement as case with Oracle continues to develop

Pay, anxiety up in IT

EC approves Fujitsu buy of GFI Informatique

Fujitsu's planned acquisition of the French computer services group has been approved, though it is still not certain to happen

Dell delays filing 401(k) statement

Company continues to struggle with an investigation of its accounting practices

Autonomy buys e-discovery firm Zantaz

Autonomy branches out into emerging market of e-discovery with $375 million purchase

Google appeals Copiepresse ruling

Two sides will ask the court for an extension while they continue their talks in copyright dispute

EU examines high-def DVD formats over competition concerns

EC: Exclusive deals between movie studios and backers of HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc formats may be a sign of anticompetitive activity

Wireless drives vending machines to the high end

Wireless technologies that enable credit card purchases are spurring companies to market a wider variety of items from vending machines

AOL’s AIM update alert bothers upgrade holdouts

AOL acknowledges that unless users go through the upgrade process there is no way to get rid of the alert

Frontline: iPhone shows need for new wireless network

Former FCC chairman: Complaints about iPhone's connection speeds underscore need for a new broadband wireless network in the U.S.

Sony looks back – and forward – at 10 years of Vaio

To remain a key player, Sony is looking to its TP1 'living room' PC and other devices that merge computing with consumer electronics

EU, US sign passenger data sharing deal

Some national parliaments will still get a chance to debate the agreement and argue for changes

YouTube coming to LG cellphones

New service will allow users to shoot video on their handsets and send it directly to YouTube's site

Massachusetts adds Open XML to open formats list

Microsoft wins a small victory in its effort to make Open XML an open technology standard

Beijing scores number one spot for malware

Forty percent of malicious software worldwide originated from Beijing in June

Two days after iPhone launch, AT&T EDGE goes down

AT&T's wireless data network was down Monday primarily in the West and Midwest

Implementing EDP

Hackers make progress toward unlocking iPhone

Hackers are close to the ability to browse system files on the iPhone, a key step toward unlocking the handset

SAP admits to ‘inappropriate downloads’ in Oracle case

SAP CEO Kagermann now says his company is open to a possible settlement with Oracle

Top 10 geek vacations, Part II

How to get away from it all without getting all that far away

Hackers race to unlock iPhone

Circumventing iTunes authentication is the last mile

Survey: Windows loses ground with developers

Linux gaining share as the number of developers targeting Windows falls 12 percent, Evans Data says

Google acquires GrandCentral

After rumors flew last week, the search giant has officially acquired GrandCentral and its software that allows users to manage phone numbers and voicemail online

Transaction monitoring specialist adds Actimize

Actimize is being snapped up by Nice Systems as the customer interaction specialist seeks to add insider fraud detection to its array of business analytics tools

NetSuite plans initial public offering

Windfall would help company compete with Salesforce.com, Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle in crowded market for hosted business services